Aesthetics: Narrative Second-person directed

Description

Whenever the narrator of the text refers to "you" as a specific subject or auditor, as is the case with Lucius II referring to Lucius III in the Reivers. This is slightly more nuanced than storytelling, which is generic. Instead this is a narrative crafted with a particular auditor in mind.

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Requiem for a Nun, 198 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Murmur | Place›Jail
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Perceptual›Sensing the past
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›North vs South
Themes and Motifs: Past›Discovering it
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Gone With the Wind | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Present-time reference | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 201 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Legal›Marriage | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Mule
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | War›Civil War | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Past›Discovering it
Relationships: Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 203 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Jail
Actions: Mental›Imagining | Movement›Mule
Cultural Issues: War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Values›Imagination
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Lilith | Allusion, Historical›Bernhardt, Sarah | Allusion, Historical›Duse, Eleonora | Allusion, Historical›Emperor Maximilian | Allusion, Historical›Lind, Jenny | Allusion, Historical›Mark Twain | Allusion, Historical›Mistinguett | Allusion, Mythical›Erinys | Narrative›Alternative story | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 10 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Time›Continuity
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 106 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Politics›Conservative | Politics›Democrat | Politics›Liberal | Politics›Republican
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Temporal projection
The Reivers , 118 (Event)
Environment: Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules
Relationships: Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 118 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cats | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Animals›Rat
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 130 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed | Tone›Overwrought
The Reivers , 14 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Sheriff
Themes and Motifs: Time›Continuity
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 18 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name | Time›Continuity
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 185 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 21 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Time›Continuity
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Temporal projection
The Reivers , 223 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 228 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Class›Equality | Politics›Democracy
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 229 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Politics›Democracy
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 25 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 261 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 281 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Northerner
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 296 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Time›Series of events experienced as long duration | Values›Determination | Values›Refinement
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 3 (Event)
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Great grandfather-grandfather
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 3 (Event)
Relationships: Ancestral›Great-grandparent
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 32 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garage
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Changing customs | Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 43 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Progress›Trains
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 44 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Death›Deathbed | Death›Response to
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 44 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Walking
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 45 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Changing relationships
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 5 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 51 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Corrupting
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck | Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 55 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 56 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Hurrying
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out | Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 61 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 61 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Moral›Lying | Moral›Stealing | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Grist mill | Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Religion›African American | Religion›Sabbath
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Neologism | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 67 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Movement›Car
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Satan | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 68 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Movement›Car | Physical›Lifting
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars | Progress›Infrastructure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 68 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Progress›Roads
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Self-correction
The Reivers , 69 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Progress›Renaming
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Hand grip
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Self-Reflective
The Reivers , 71 (Event)
Environment: Place›Fishing camp
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Bootlegging | Hunting and Fishing›Annual | Land-Use›Agricultural | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›New replacing old | Progress›Renaming
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 71 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bridge
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Infrastructure | Progress›Renaming
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 72 (Event)
Environment: Place›Railroad
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Infrastructure | Progress›Roads
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Recurring Episodes›Sartoris builds railroad
The Reivers , 81 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Gallery
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Lifting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Traditions
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Objects›Plow
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Comedy | Language›Hee hee hee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 93 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Movement›Buggy | Movement›Car | Movement›Streetcar | Movement›Surrey
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Infrastructure | Race›Segregation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Hee hee hee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 98 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype: teeth
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gold tooth
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Sound and the Fury, 116 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom | Otherworldly›Hellfire
Actions: Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Shame | Moral›Punishment | Moral›Purification | Physical›Burning | Physical›Pointing
Cultural Issues: Religion›Damnation | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Suicide | Recurring Tropes›Beyond | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Luke | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Literary›Dante's Inferno | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" | Figures of Speech›Clean flame | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 117 (Event)
Environment: Otherworldly›Hellfire
Actions: Emotional›Horror | Physical›Pointing
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Figures of Speech›Clean flame | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 137 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Domestic Space›Hogwallow | Natural›Mud | Olfactory›Hog / pig pen | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Sweetness | Perceptual›Tasting | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Touching | Physical›Turning away | Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Face | Body›Fingers | Body›Legs | Body›Lips | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Freudian | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Town, 140 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Anguish | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Gender›Changing relationships | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Puberty
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Death›Suicide | Naming
Relationships: Familial›Cohesion | Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Helen of Troy | Allusion, Historical›Semiramis | Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›First-person passim | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
The Town, 143 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Reproduction | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bugs | Animals›Insects lice | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Uncertain relationship | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Housman, A.E. | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 212 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injury
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Recurring Tropes›Sexual power
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 222 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Town, 224 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Indecision | Physical›Burning
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 296 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Sexuality›Attractiveness
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Recurring Tropes›Destiny
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ford, Henry | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›Latin phrase | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 302 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Peace
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Town, 304 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Town, 328 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Note | Emotional›Exasperation
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Letters
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 332 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Emotional›Tragic / tragedy
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Body›Hair | Death | Futility
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Barnes, Djuna | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Tone›Elegiac
The Town, 334 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Mental›Contemplation | Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Lilith | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Town, 352 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Thursday
Actions: Bodily›Waking
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being late / tardiness
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia